Understanding Transitional Justice: A Comprehensive Guide for Students
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Question: What was Justicia y Paz and what legal benefits did it offer in Colombia's transitional justice process?
Answer: A special transitional criminal justice system where legal benefits depended on demobilisation, truth‑telling, and reparations for victims; it was int
Question: What is the SIVJRNR created by the 2016 Peace Agreement with FARC-EP?
Answer: The Comprehensive System of Truth, Justice, Reparation and Non‑Repetition combining judicial and non‑judicial mechanisms, including restorative justic
Question: What kind of amnesty did the 2016 peace system include?
Answer: A limited amnesty regime for political crimes.
Question: What is the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) and when was it established?
Answer: A restorative judicial body that investigates and sanctions the most serious conflict crimes; established by Legislative Act 01 of 2017 and Statutory
Question: What is the main characteristic of the JEP's legal approach?
Answer: A strongly restorative orientation emphasizing reparative and restorative measures over purely punitive sanctions.
Question: What are the primary goals of the JEP?
Answer: Integral reparation, reconciliation, and reconstruction of the social fabric damaged by decades of violence.
Question: How does the JEP design sanctions and what are they intended to achieve?
Answer: Sanctions are mainly restorative to satisfy victims’ rights, contribute to peace, and encourage truth‑telling and responsibility taking, while retaini
Question: What is the JEP's Macro‑Case Selection and Prioritisation Model focused on?
Answer: Identifying patterns of systematic violence and prioritising contextual, historical, and structural understandings rather than treating crimes solely
Question: What are the two complementary criteria used in the JEP's macro‑case model?
Answer: 1) Territorial cases: regions with intense, prolonged violence. 2) Thematic cases: specific patterns or types of violence.
Question: How does the JEP transform the procedural model when perpetrators acknowledge truth and responsibility?
Answer: It moves from a purely adversarial criminal model to a dialogical, restorative approach focused on clarifying facts, having offenders assume responsib